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LocalAI vs Ollama: catalog facts
LocalAI	Ollama
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Freemium Running models locally is free. The optional hosted cloud inference starts at $20 a month.
Linux, macOS, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Offers compatible APIs for several common AI services.	One command to download and run a model, with no Python environment to build first A REST API on localhost, so editors, scripts and agents can use the local model
You must supply model files and enough resources to run them.	Model quality is bounded by your hardware; large models need a lot of VRAM or unified memory The company now also sells cloud inference, so read carefully which mode you are in
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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